Funk/Soul ”Revivalist” Groups
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Around these parts 10-15 years ago funk revival bands (not neo-soul) and their worthiness was a hot topic.
At that time these groups mostly put out 45s, reviving "funk 45" music.
I was very anti funk revival at that time.
Sharon Jones changed my tune, and these bands have gone on to prove me wrong.
Crappy video and sound, but this cut is fantastic:
At that time these groups mostly put out 45s, reviving "funk 45" music.
I was very anti funk revival at that time.
Sharon Jones changed my tune, and these bands have gone on to prove me wrong.
Crappy video and sound, but this cut is fantastic:
I agree with many mentioned here (Daptone, Truth & Soul, Timmion, all PoR projects) but there are a few names being mentioned here which were new to me ??? and as it turns out (after some Youtube and Amazon ???research???) I would not include in any discussion about Retro-Soul, Funk/Soul ???Revivalist??? Groups or ???Deep Funk???: Jamie Lidell and Nick Waterhouse, Fitz & The Tantrums and Ben L'Oncle Soul are pop to my ears. Eli "Paperboy" Reed is a good try as is Laura Vane & The Vipertones but ultimately she lacks something, like most stuff on Unique. ???Steam??? is OK, but ???Capsize???? Pleeeaaase. And the comment about her being sexy as hell in that swimming costume was a joke, right?
Frootful is Acid Jazz of the better kind.
The Cactus Channel???s ???Pepper Snake??? (which I knew) is great. http://youtu.be/hb06Ql06J_A The rest of their output so far didn???t live up to the debut yet, but man, at that age!?!?! Hats off.
Similar age bracket: Jungle By Night
Others worth checking:
Delta Rhythm Section
Sound Stylistics (basically same group)
Lucky Brown
DeRobert & The Half-Truths
SHAOLIN TEMPLE DEFENDERS
Kings Go Forth (they were mentioned already, right?)
Ikebe Shakedown (some stuff is more afro funk)
Rickey Calloway (this is allowed as new, though he is old, right?)
Mighty Mocambos
Will Sessions
Mountain Mocha Kilimanjaro was already mentioned, but I just love this video:
Zanichi Funk (not one of my favourites due to the vocals):
???and the list goes on... and therefore The Best Is Yet To Come...
Frootful is Acid Jazz of the better kind.
The Cactus Channel???s ???Pepper Snake??? (which I knew) is great. http://youtu.be/hb06Ql06J_A The rest of their output so far didn???t live up to the debut yet, but man, at that age!?!?! Hats off.
Similar age bracket: Jungle By Night
Others worth checking:
Delta Rhythm Section
Sound Stylistics (basically same group)
Lucky Brown
DeRobert & The Half-Truths
SHAOLIN TEMPLE DEFENDERS
Kings Go Forth (they were mentioned already, right?)
Ikebe Shakedown (some stuff is more afro funk)
Rickey Calloway (this is allowed as new, though he is old, right?)
Mighty Mocambos
Will Sessions
Mountain Mocha Kilimanjaro was already mentioned, but I just love this video:
Zanichi Funk (not one of my favourites due to the vocals):
???and the list goes on... and therefore The Best Is Yet To Come...
batmon said:Soulive predates the movement.
Do they have any straight-up raw funk stuff? Most of what I've heard from them is pretty polished jazz/fusion. I like them but I always grouped them with MMW and the whole jam-band scene.
Do they have any straight-up raw funk stuff? Most of what I've heard from them is pretty polished jazz/fusion. I like them but I always grouped them with MMW and the whole jam-band scene.
Yemsky said:I agree with many mentioned here (Daptone, Truth & Soul, Timmion, all PoR projects) but there are a few names being mentioned here which were new to me ??? and as it turns out (after some Youtube and Amazon ???research???) I would not include in any discussion about Retro-Soul, Funk/Soul ???Revivalist??? Groups or ???Deep Funk???: Jamie Lidell and Nick Waterhouse, Fitz & The Tantrums and Ben L'Oncle Soul are pop to my ears. Eli "Paperboy" Reed is a good try as is Laura Vane & The Vipertones but ultimately she lacks something, like most stuff on Unique. ???Steam??? is OK, but ???Capsize???? Pleeeaaase. And the comment about her being sexy as hell in that swimming costume was a joke, right?
Erm, haha, no... It was 1am when I wrote that and she did look very attractive to me at the time. Still does though I will admit, even if reading that did make be go proper red... Reminds me a lot of an ex. Ahem, anyway...
I agree with you on the Fitz & The Tantrums being pop though definitely, good pop, but pop nonetheless. Nick Waterhouse is still pretty funky (well the song I Can Only Give you Everything I heard was)...
Need to pry myself away from the computer and not spend all night youtubing videos again...
Erm, haha, no... It was 1am when I wrote that and she did look very attractive to me at the time. Still does though I will admit, even if reading that did make be go proper red... Reminds me a lot of an ex. Ahem, anyway...
I agree with you on the Fitz & The Tantrums being pop though definitely, good pop, but pop nonetheless. Nick Waterhouse is still pretty funky (well the song I Can Only Give you Everything I heard was)...
Need to pry myself away from the computer and not spend all night youtubing videos again...
King.Lewey said:Yemsky said:I agree with many mentioned here (Daptone, Truth & Soul, Timmion, all PoR projects) but there are a few names being mentioned here which were new to me ??? and as it turns out (after some Youtube and Amazon ???research???) I would not include in any discussion about Retro-Soul, Funk/Soul ???Revivalist??? Groups or ???Deep Funk???: Jamie Lidell and Nick Waterhouse, Fitz & The Tantrums and Ben L'Oncle Soul are pop to my ears. Eli "Paperboy" Reed is a good try as is Laura Vane & The Vipertones but ultimately she lacks something, like most stuff on Unique. ???Steam??? is OK, but ???Capsize???? Pleeeaaase. And the comment about her being sexy as hell in that swimming costume was a joke, right?
Erm, haha, no... It was 1am when I wrote that and she did look very attractive to me at the time. Still does though I will admit, even if reading that did make be go proper red... Reminds me a lot of an ex. Ahem, anyway...
I agree with you on the Fitz & The Tantrums being pop though definitely, good pop, but pop nonetheless. Nick Waterhouse is still pretty funky (well the song I Can Only Give you Everything I heard was)...
Need to pry myself away from the computer and not spend all night youtubing videos again...
Yeah, to be fair Nick Waterhouse isn't really a soul / funk revivalist, but rather rhythm and blues.
Here's a question for people: who else is doing the sound that Nick Waterhouse is doing? I'm not aware of anything else currently being produced along these lines, except for that Gizzelle 45 of 'Baby Please Don't Go' from a year or two back.
Erm, haha, no... It was 1am when I wrote that and she did look very attractive to me at the time. Still does though I will admit, even if reading that did make be go proper red... Reminds me a lot of an ex. Ahem, anyway...
I agree with you on the Fitz & The Tantrums being pop though definitely, good pop, but pop nonetheless. Nick Waterhouse is still pretty funky (well the song I Can Only Give you Everything I heard was)...
Need to pry myself away from the computer and not spend all night youtubing videos again...
Yeah, to be fair Nick Waterhouse isn't really a soul / funk revivalist, but rather rhythm and blues.
Here's a question for people: who else is doing the sound that Nick Waterhouse is doing? I'm not aware of anything else currently being produced along these lines, except for that Gizzelle 45 of 'Baby Please Don't Go' from a year or two back.
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